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Ella Kaye Webb

Ella Kaye Webb

Sep 20, 2021

Ella Kaye Lewis Webb, 71 of Lillington, passed away Sunday September 19th, 2021. A Memorial service will be held at a later date in Wilson, NC Mrs. Webb was born in Wilson, NC, daughter of the late William Frank Lewis and Margaret Pittman Lewis. Mrs. Webb is survived by sons, James-Parker (Donna Morgan) of Lillington, and Stacy Lee Parker of...

Lofton Montague Milstead

Lofton Montague Milstead

Sep 20, 2021

Lofton Montague Milstead, 93, of Sanford passed away on Monday September 20, 2021. Funeral services will be held on Saturday September 25, 2021 at 11am at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home. A private burial will follow. Mr. Milstead was born in Lynchburg VA to the late Lofton Montague Milstead Sr and Bessie Stephens. He joined the army at 17 and through...

William Atkins

William Atkins

Sep 19, 2021

This is not your average obituary, because this was not your average man.William Atkins went home to be with his Lord and Savior on September 19, 2021. William sadly lost his battle with COVID pneumonia at Central Carolina Hospital in Sanford. His wife, son and daughter were with him in his final days and hours. William was born in Sanford...

Edna Cameron Rogers

Edna Cameron Rogers

Sep 18, 2021

Edna Cameron Rogers, 92 of Sanford passed away Saturday September 18, 2021. Graveside services will be held Saturday October 2, 2021, at 11am at Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery in Mamers.

Mrs. Rogers was born to the late Neil Alex Cameron, Sr and Flarie Wood Cameron on February 9, 1929 in Harnett County, NC. She was preceded in death by two...

Hubert Edwards

Hubert Edwards

Sep 18, 2021

Hubert Garland Edwards, 102 of Sanford passed away Saturday September 18, 2021. Funeral services were held at 11am on Thursday September 23, 2021, at First Baptist Church in Sanford. A private committal service followed.

Hubert was born in Beaufort Co. to the late Fenner Augustus Edwards and Sadie Godly Edwards. Hubert enlisted in the Army in 1939. He fought in...

Frances Harriet Moody Floyd

Frances Harriet Moody Floyd

Sep 17, 2021

Frances Moody Floyd, aged 91, of Sanford, passed peacefully in her sleep in the early hours of Friday, the seventeenth of September, 2021.

She was born Frances Harriet Moody on the second of February, 1930, to Mary Laura Moody (née Hinson) and Claude Thomas Moody in Greensboro, North Carolina. She attended what was then the Women's College of the University...

Max Franklin Cameron

Max Franklin Cameron

Sep 17, 2021

Lt Col Max F. Cameron, USAF, (retired), 85 of Sanford peacefully passed away Friday September 17, 2021.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 pm Saturday October 16th at Olivia Presbyterian Church. Burial will follow in the Church Cemetery.

Col Cameron was born in Harnett Co, son of the late Hugh C. Cameron and Flora Margaret McKay Cameron. He graduated from...

Carolynne Margaret Coyle

Carolynne Margaret Coyle

Sep 16, 2021

Carolynne Margaret Coyle, 55, of Sanford passed away Thursday September 16, 2021.

Carolynne was born in Las Gatos, CA to the late Maurice Martineau and Helga Martineau. She studied veterinarian medicine at University of California, Davis, before marrying her husband of 16 years. Her husband was a service member in the United States Navy, and she was a proud Navy...

Carolina  Guadalupe Leonor

Carolina Guadalupe Leonor

Sep 15, 2021

Carolina Guadalupe Leonor, 30, of Sanford passed away on September 15, 2021. A Funeral Mass will be held on Saturday September 18, 2021 at 12pm at St. Stephen Catholic Church.

Carolina is survived by her husband Hilario Figueroa; parents Jose U. Leonor and Maria G. Velasco; sister Catherine A. Leonor; and brother Devin A. Leonor. A visitation will be held...

Aaron Grant Scott

Aaron Grant Scott

Sep 14, 2021

Aaron Grant Scott of Sanford passed away Tuesday September 14, 2021.

No services will be held at this time. Aaron is the son of Regina Barnhardt Scott and Benjamin J. Scott; his brother Jackson; paternal grandmother, Melissa Rose; maternal grandparents, Tammy and Danny Barnhardt; uncles, Jonah Rose, and DJ Barnhardt (Hannah) and their son Gavin.

Memorial donations can be made to March...

Buddy Ray Thomas

Buddy Ray Thomas

Sep 7, 2021

Buddy Ray “Hot Dog” Thomas, 70 of Sanford passed away Tuesday September 7, 2021. Graveside services will be held at 11:00am Thursday at Buffalo Cemetery.

Buddy was born in Sanford a son of the late Lenora Jannette Thomas. He was also preceded in death by siblings, George, Calvin and Roy Thomas, Ethel May Tippit and Joann Thomas. Mr. Thomas worked...

Robert Olin Powell

Robert Olin Powell

Aug 31, 2021

Robert Olin “Bob” Powell, 77 of Sanford passed away Tuesday August 31, 2021. A Graveside service will be held at 1:00 pm Friday at Lemon Springs United Methodist Church Cemetery.

Bob was born in Whiteville, NC, son of the late Dan Troy Powell and Virginia Watson Powell. He was preceded in death by his stepmother, Genevieve Johnson Buchanan Powell and...

Joyce Fogleman Allen

Joyce Fogleman Allen

Aug 29, 2021

Lettie Joyce Fogleman Allen, 83 of Sanford passed away Sunday August 29, 2021. A Memorial service will be held at 6:30 pm Tuesday at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home. Mrs. Allen was born in Lee Co, a daughter of the late Henry June Fogleman and Florea Lee Brown Fogleman. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bernice J. Allen; her...

Charles Michael Blankenship

Charles Michael Blankenship

Aug 28, 2021

Charles Michael “Mike” Blankenship, 71 of Durham passed away Saturday August 28, 2021.

Private services will be held at a later date. Mr. Blankenship was born in Asheville, NC son of the late Jessie Albert Blankenship and Geraldine Elizabeth Nelson Blankenship. He was preceded in death by a brother Ronald Blankenship. Mike was a Veteran of the US Army having...

Susan Weaver

Susan Weaver

Aug 27, 2021

Susan Sun Wilson Weaver, 40 of Sanford passed away Friday August 27, 2021. Graveside services will be held at 2:00pm Tuesday at Buffalo Cemetery.

Susan was born in Kentucky and moved to North Carolina at an early age. She was such a giving and caring person who loved her kids, family, friends and her pets. Surviving are her children, Camden...

Regina Leigh Colley

Regina Leigh Colley

Aug 16, 2021

Regina Leigh Colley, 46, of Cameron passed away Monday August 16, 2021. A visitation will be held at 6pm on Thursday August 19, 2021, at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home. A Memorial service will be held at 3:00 PM, Sunday August 22, 2021, at Life Springs Church.

Ms. Colley was born in Lee Co. to the late James Lee Colley and...

Thomas "Tom" Griffen Floyd

Thomas "Tom" Griffen Floyd

Aug 15, 2021

Thomas Griffen “Tom” Floyd, 62, of Sanford passed away on August 15, 2021. Graveside services will be held Monday August 23, 2021 at Buffalo Cemetery at 2:00pm.

Mr. Floyd was born in Lee Co. the son of Frances M. Floyd and the late Dr. Harold Lindsey Floyd. For many years he worked at Mann’s Hardware and then Lowe’s Home Improvement...

Florence Ann  McCracken Dossenbach

Florence Ann McCracken Dossenbach

Aug 14, 2021

Florence Ann McCracken Dossenbach, 78, went to be with the Lord on August 14, 2021, and was surrounded by her loving family. The graveside service will occur at Buffalo Cemetery on Wednesday, August 18th at 10:00 AM, with Rev. Brian Caldwell officiating the service. At the request of the family, and in honor of Florence, please wear bright and cheerful...

Anthony L. Gooch

Anthony L. Gooch

Aug 11, 2021

Anthony Lee Gooch, 58 of Sanford passed away Wednesday August 11, 2021. Mr. Gooch was born in Wake County a son of the late Otha Gooch and Peggy Riggsbee Gooch. Mr. Gooch is survived by two sons, Matthew Gooch and Like Gooch; a granddaughter, Cadie Gooch; two brothers, Phillip Gooch and Tim Gooch. Private services will be held at a...

Mary Elizabeth Cochran

Mary Elizabeth Cochran

Aug 10, 2021

Mary Elizabeth “Kitty” Timms Cochran, 80 of Sanford passed away Tuesday August 10, 2021. Funeral services will be held at 11:00am Saturday at Solid Rock Community Church. Burial will follow at 3:00 pm in the Garland Cemetery, Garland, NC.

Mrs. Cochran was born in Abbeville, SC daughter of the late Toby Sydney Timms and Ruby Lee Hammons Timms. She was...

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